The Deadpod

Dead Show/podcast for 5/25/18

What a great set to share with you on this holiday weekend! This
week we get to hear the third set from the band's performance on
May 20th, 1973 at Santa Barbara California.

The set starts out with a fine 'Truckin'.. but the magic starts
right after that, first in an exquisite jam out of Trucking,
then, a 'Nobody's Fault' jam. I recommend letting the music take
you where it will beyond this point.. if you've not heard this show
before you've not been here yet. Words won't due justice to the
paths traveled by the music, but the closest might come from the
review of this show in the Grateful Dead Listening
Guide here:

slowly you realize 'The Other One' is making an appearance.. and
we are transported, farther.. deeper.. This is the stuff.. then
suddenly.. 'Eyes of the World' leads us on a smoother, silkier
passage.. Garcia of course still takes us on a rolling path
guaranteed to make you want to move.. while his voice might not be
at its fullest here, it is nevertheless a fine listen, with the
music flowing like a babbling brook at times... then.. it flows
into 'Stella Blue'.

'Sugar Mag' gives the crowd an appropriate rocking send-off.. No
surprise we get a 'Johnny B. Goode' encore. :)